Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bald-cypress - Green Ash Floodplain Forest

Colloquial Name: Columbia Bottomlands Bald-cypress Floodplain Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This is a streamside gallery forest dominated by Taxodium distichum with Fraxinus pennsylvanica usually occurring as the second most important canopy species. It forms a very narrow band along deeply incised (4.5 m [15 feet]) stretches of Linnville Bayou and possibly other streams in the Caney Creek and Colorado, San Bernard and Brazos river drainages within the Coastal Plain of Texas. Cypress knees to a height of 1.2 m (4 feet) are common in the creek bed. There is no significant mid- or understory though Cephalanthus occidentalis and Sabal minor do occur. Boehmeria cylindrica and Saururus cernuus may be present in the ground layer which is sparse, highly disturbed by flooding and may have areas of standing water. Deep alluvial soils are usually saturated and periodically inundated during flood events. The surrounding forests include ~Quercus virginiana / Ilex vomitoria - Sabal minor / Carex cherokeensis - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Forest (CEGL007830)$$ and ~Ulmus crassifolia - Carya illinoinensis - Celtis laevigata / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Carex cherokeensis Floodplain Forest (CEGL002388)$$.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This forest is located at the edge of the geographic distribution of Taxodium distichum and is outside the geographic distribution of Platanus occidentalis. Concept and distribution of this association as it relates to the surrounding landscape need further assessment.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available

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